On Thursday 22 April 2010 17:47:23 Grant wrote: > >>> Could this be the problem? > >>> > >>> # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >>> (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) > >>> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) > >>> (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or > >>> directory > >>> (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master. > >>> (EE) intel(0): Failed to initialize kernel memory manager > >> > >> The first two errors are fine; Xorg defaults to trying vesa and fbdev as > >> display drivers and you just don't have them. > >> > >> The last three are your problem. The intel video driver is unable to > >> properly access the DRM subsystem, which will definitely cause X to slow > >> to a crawl. > >> > >> The most likely cause of your errors is that the intel AGP driver (i810 > >> or i915, depending on your hardware) isn't getting loaded. If that's > >> the case, you should see an error such as: > >> > >> [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915" > >> > >> in Xorg.0.log just before the ones from intel. If the modules are being > >> loaded, you'll likely see some other errors around that same area. The > >> aren't tagged with (EE), unfortunately; try: > >> > >> # grep -5 'Failed to open DRM' Xorg.0.log > >> > >> You can also check your dmesg output to see if the devices are being > >> initialized properly: > >> > >> platypus log # dmesg | grep agp > >> Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > >> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 965GM Chipset > >> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory > >> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000 > >> > >> platypus log # dmesg | grep drm > >> [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > >> [drm] set up 7M of stolen space > >> [drm] initialized overlay support > >> fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device > >> [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 > >> > >> If everything's working, you should have the following devices that the > >> Xorg driver needs: > >> > >> platypus log # ls -l /dev/dri > >> total 0 > >> crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Apr 20 13:11 card0 > >> crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 64 Apr 20 13:11 controlD64 > > > > Ah, thank you so much. I needed to enable CONFIG_DRM_I915 in the kernel. > > > > - Grant > > Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the > keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that?
No idea other than to suggest that you take a look in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/* for any files that you could modify after you copy them to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ - but I wouldn't know how. -- Regards, Mick
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